So I've only been playing MTG for about 4 years now, so I'm a relative newbie to everything, but to those of you who have been playing for longer, how often does it get this shitty, and how long does it last?? Formats are completely busted wide open, with Standard especially has been near unplayable for over half a year, Arena got predatory af, WOTC has been pricing up the game worse than ever, and the story got completely dog after Ixalan.
I don't enjoy playing Commander and draft has never really been my forte, so what should I really do? Invest an unhealthy amount of money into Modern? Just wait for things to turn around? I haven't spent a dime on the game since Throne of Eldraine and my wallet has been thanking me, but I'm still dissapointed as Magic had been a fantastic experience for me the past few years.
Is there any other paper card games I could be looking into rn? Honestly my experience with TCG's is limited to just Pokemon, Magic, and Hearthstone so I'm willing to try anything, it's just depressing to watch something seemingly fall apart so disastrously as this.
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Hearthstone is pretty good. I used to play it all the time, particularly the arena mode. You'll run into try hard wallet warriors in the standard play mode, but arena is a lot more skill driven
I'm playing Hearthstone as I type this lol, have been playing since Naxx. The game is pretty good even though standard is always a mess, but digital card games can never really substitute the feeling of paper and person to person interaction for me.
Huh, back when I used to play hearthstone religiously, I used to rp as a person playing the game. Blizzard made that easy with a very immerse soundtrack + design.
Oh yeah, Blizzard is always amazing with their world design and theming, especially in hearthstone. But being able to walk into a local game store, say hi to the regulars, chat with your opponent while playing a game, digital just can't replicate that.